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The Gospel for the Mass today (January 29) is the Beatitudes, the first verses of the magnificent Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, chapters 5-6-7. The Beatitudes are among the most well-known and most recognized passages from the Bible. Biblically, the setting of the Sermon on the Mount parallels Jesus giving a… Read More »

Twice a year, as your Pastor and as a fellow parishioner of St. Elizabeth Seton Church Parish. I give you a financial report. Because of the way the Diocese of Lafayette has its fiscal year, from July of one year to June of the next year, I usually give you a report in late July… Read More »

The oldest Priest in the Diocese of Lafayette, Father Raymond Robitaille, died on January 4. He had been a Priest for over 72 years and was 97 years of age. Father was born in St. Romuald Quebec, Canada on January 4, 1919. He was of a family of nine children. As a young adult he… Read More »

By the time you read this note in the parish bulletin, we will be in the New Year, 2017. We will have celebrated the great Feast of the Birth of Jesus the Messiah and we will have ended 2016. If you have not taken time to review and to reflect on the months and days… Read More »

A Merry and Joyous Christmas to you, to your family and to your loved ones! For me the best day of the week to celebrate the Birth of the Messiah is Sunday, the Lord’s Day. The days of Advent with its beautiful readings, especially from the prophet Isaiah, prepared us to be well disposed to… Read More »

This weekend we begin the fourth week of the season of Advent as we continue to prepare, to await and to anticipate the coming of the Messiah in the person of the Christ Child. The role of Mary, the Mother of the Savior, at this time of the year is primary. Mary, more than any… Read More »

This week is an important week for our Holy Father, Pope Francis. He will celebrate the anniversary of his Priestly Ordination on Tuesday, December 13, and he will celebrate his 80th birthday on Saturday, December 17. Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, and he is the first Catholic Pope from… Read More »

The Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis in Lent of 2015 for the Catholic Church which began on December 8, 2015, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and which ended on the Feast of Christ the King, November 20, 2016 had so many blessings: expected and unexpected. In the Pope’s Letter proclaiming the Year… Read More »